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Senate Unveils Amendment to House Budget Resolution with Vote Expected This Week

Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., April 2 released the Senate's amendment to the House budget resolution for fiscal year 2025.
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NIH to Significantly Reduce Funding for Indirect Cost Rates for Grants

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) late Feb. 7 issued supplemental guidance that updates negotiated indirect cost rates for new and existing NIH grants. Specifically, the agency will apply a straight 15% indirect cost rate across all new and existing grant awards.
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Administration Rescinds Memo Pausing Federal Grants, Loans and Other Financial Assistance Programs

The White House Office of Management and Budget Jan. 29 rescinded a memo it issued two days earlier directing federal agencies to temporarily pause federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs implicated by President Trump’s recent executive orders.
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AHA Comments to CMS on Financial Assistance Program Navigators

AHA response to CMS's request for comment on how navigators and non-navigator assistance personnel working within hospitals and health systems may help consumers access financial assistance programs to help pay for health care services.

Guidance on Humidity Levels in the Operating Room

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New Guidance on Humidity Levels in the Operating Room
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CMS Issues ACO Significant, Anomalous and Highly Suspect Billing Final Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept.

Comments on CMS’ Proposed Rule on Fraudulent Billing Activity within the Medicare Shared Savings Program

AHA's comments on CMS' proposed rule to mitigate the impact of significant, anomalous and highly suspect (SAHS) billing activity within the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in calendar year (CY) 2023.
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Fact Sheet: Hospital Outpatient Department Billing Requirements

Congress is considering legislation that would change current billing practices for Medicare and the commercial insurance market to require each off-campus hospital outpatient department (HOPD) to be assigned a unique NPI as a condition of payment.
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AHA Senate Statement for the Record on Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs and Empowering Patients

The American Hospital Association shares the hospital field’s comments on health care costs and transparency before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
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AHA Senate Statement on What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America

Statementof theAmerican Hospital Associationfor the